Charles Spurgeon Commentary Colossians 1:6

"which is come unto you; even as it is also in all the world bearing fruit and increasing, as [it doth] in you also, since the day ye heard and knew the grace of God in truth;" — Colossians 1:6 (ASV)

Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth:

We do not know the grace of God in truth unless it brings forth fruit in us. We may know it with the head very correctly, yet we do not truly know it unless it is knowledge in the heart, knowledge in the inner man. We do not really know it unless it affects our lives and brings forth faith, love, and hope;—faith, which lifts us above the world; love, which preserves us from selfishness; and hope, which keeps us up under all trials.